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.MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

Patented Jan'. 29, .1884.

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'MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

No. 292,474. 'l PapentedJw. 29, 1884.

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UNITED STATESI PATENT OFFICE.

Y CHARLES J. DONNELLY AND JOHN M. DONNELLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

MATCH-MAKING MACHINE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 292,474, dated January '29, 1884.

I Application filed April 4,1853. (No model.)

lo @ZZ whom t may con/cern..-

Be it known that we, GHAnLns J. DONNELLY and JOHN M. DONNELLY, of the city and county Io eration, in which the said splints are headed,

of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Match- Making 'Machines of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a machine forcoiling match-splints between tapes preparatory to the dipping opas hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure I is a side view of the niachine with the frame removed. Fig. II is an end view of Fig. I, with a small portion of the frame shown. Fig. III is a view of a part of the machine, illustrating a modification in its construction. Figs. IV, V, and VI are views of the coiled splints, as hereinafter described.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

B is a pocketed drum, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. I,) adapted to revolve under and partially within a hopper, C, containing the splints to be rolled into acoil for dipping. The said pocketed drum receives the said splints from the hopper and conducts them between plain belts or tapes, as hereinafter described.

D is a spur-gear wheel secured to the shaft a. of the pocketed drum B, and E is api'nion on a shaft, b, in gear with the wheel D. The pinion E is driven vfrom the driving-shaft c through the medium of thelsheaves F and G, secured, respectively, to the shafts c and b, and the endless belt d. vThe driving-shaft c is provided with a pulley, H, to which power is applied by means of a belt, which belt is not shown in the drawings, and it has secured to it a gear-wheel, I, which meshes with another lof larger size, (denoted by KQ which runs loosely on the shaft e.

L is a sheave fastened to orcast as a part of the gear-wheel K, and consequently revolves with it. Y

M is a vibratory arm, fastened to the shaft e by means of a set-screw, and it extends in an upward direction to a point somewhat aboveL the center of the shaft a. This arm is fitted with a revoluble spindle, j', carrying a sheave, N, which is united to the one, L, on the shaft e by means of an endless belt, g. The spindle vf is also fitted with a spool, O, over which a belt, O', one end of which is fastened to apin, O", projecting from a part of -the frame P, (shown only in Fig. IL) is reeved. other end of the belt O is secured a weight, P, which has the effect of iniiuencing the upper end ofthe vibratory arm M toward the pocketed drum B. Ashaft, h, havingapinion,

To the in gear with the toothed wheel D, carries a spur-wheel, P, which in turn is in gear with a pinion, Q, on the shaft k and the rubber roller Z, which are fastened thereto. This roller is over the pocketed drum B and within the hopper C, and in its rapid revolution in a contrary direction to` the druln prevents the clogging of the splints against the said drum and assists the same to receive a single splint in each pocket.

R R and S S are rolls oftape, respectively, on spindles mand n.

I is a-gear-wheel on a shaft, o, and it mesh@ with the gear D.

'U and V are spools, the former secured tothe shaft o, and the latter on an independent shaft, ko. These spools are united by an endless belt, W, and the centerof the belt W is depressed by a tightening-pulley, p, for a` purpose hereinafter described. The Lipper tapes (represented by lS) extend from the coils S overa portion of the periphery of the poclzp eted drum, and are connected to small hubs, r, fastened to the spindle f. The object of these tapes is tobind the upper side of the splints as they pass around with the drum.

The lower tapes (represented by R) extend fromthe coil It over the belt W on the spool V, under the tightening-pulley p', and over the spool U, and thence around the recessed portion of the pocketed drum, and under the splints to the hub r.

By referring to Fig. Iof the drawings it will be seen that the splints, after passing C from the hopper, are clamped between the upper and lower tapes and coiled around the hub r at a regular distance apart. As the coil of wound splints increases in size it is carried back, in view of its periphery at all times resting against' the pocketed drum B, and in thismovement the weight P is'elevated.

By referring to Fig. II it will be seen that the drum Bis recessed, in order that the lower tapes shall pass below the splints.

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In Figs I and II it will be seen that the pocketed drum is adapted for the reception of two sets of tapes, andit is the intention,when such drum is employed to use in connection with it two hubs and a circular-cutting knife., X, on the shaft 7i, to divide the splints into two match-sticks. Consequently in the coinpletion of the ceiling operation two independent coils are formed7 the sticks in each one of which may be dipped separately. XVe may, however, use a single upper and lower tape, and a poeketed drum with one tape-depression only, as shown in Fig. Ill. Then this last-described drum is employed no 'knife is uscd,and the splints are in a single coil, and have to be dipped at both ends and cut into matches in a subsequent operation. Power being` applied to the pulley H, revolution is irst imparted to the driving-shaft c, and then successively to the shafts b, a, h, and k, through the medium of the endl-ess belts and gearing described. The movement of the drivingshaft c is also communicated to the gear K, with its sheave L, and thence to the shcave N on the shaftf, through the medium of the endless belt g, as described.

It will be seen that the motion of the spools U and V is derived directly from the gears D and T.

As some force is required to remove the splints from the pockets in the drum B, we obtain a certain resistance to the coiling of the tapes l by running them under the frictionpulley p, which forces it closely in contact with the endless belt lV. While it is necessary to ofler some resistance to the ceiling of the tapes R', it is also necessary that some means should be employed to effect the unwinding of the c oil of tape H. XVe therefore effect the revolution of the spools U and V through the medium of the gear T, which is driven from the gear D.

\Ve have described the gear-wheel K and its sheave L as running loosely on the shaft e, and the vibratory arm as secured to the said shaft; but this arrangement may be changed and the said gear and sheave keyed to the said shaft, and the arm )I made to vibrate loosely on it. After the coiled splints are dipped, they may be placed in amaehine corresponding in some respects to the one described, en` cept that the movement of the tapes is reversed. .By means of this last-named machine the packed coils are unwound and the splints delivered to a trough, box, or other suitable receptacle.

Fig. IV is a side view of a completed coil of splints, and Fig. V an edge view of the coil with the splints uncut. ln Fig. VI the splints are shown as divided into two match-sticks by means of the rotary knife or cutter X.

It will be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the number of poeketed drums' and tapes or to the number of coils of matchsticks produced at once, as these may be increased to almost any extent.

XVe are aware that match-machines have been made in which the splints are taken from the hopper by means of atoothed or pockcted drum, and transferred from the said drum to a second drum by what is'termed a countwheel,"'7 and finally lifted from the second drum by means ot' a tape in which the said splints are coiled, audthis combination of devices we disclaim; but

XVe claim as our inventionl. In a match-making machine, the combination of a hopper for the splints, a pocketed drum adapted to revolve partially within the said hopper and to remove the splints separately from the same, plain tapes which pass un der and remove the splints from the said l pocketed drum, othei` plain tapes to press the said splints in contact with the first-named tapes, and mechanism to roll the clamped splints into a coil or coils, substantially as specified.

2. In a niateli-inaki11g machine, the combination of a hopper for the splints, a pocketed drum adapted to revolve partially within the said hopper and to remove the splints separate-- ly or one by one from the same, and tapes to remove the splints from the said pocheted drum and at the same time clamp them so that they may be wound ,into a coil, substantially as specified.

8. In a match-making machine, the combination of a hopper for the splints, a pocketed drum adapted to revolve partially within the said hopper and to remove the splints separately thereirom, a pair of plain tapes which pass under and remove the splints from the said poeketed drum, a second pair of plain tapes to press the said splints in contact with the first-named tapes and hold them so that they may be wound into a coil, and a rotary knife to cut the said splintsinto two parts, and thereby produce two independent coils of splints, which may be dipped separately, substantially as specified.

CHARLES J. DONNELLY. JOHN M. DONNELLY.

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FLORENT D. DnBiin, JonN SrAnnAwK, Jr. 

